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23 March 2022 - 11:00 (CET) -
Switzerland, Basel, Schwarzwaldallee 171 - 4058 Basel
An important liturgical book has now surfaced on the market after being bought in 1967 from the well-known dealer Hans Peter Kraus, who probably obtained it from one of the Princes de Ligne.
Belgium, Tournai and Mons, c. 1455-1460 (certainly before 1460). Book of Hours in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment with 18 large half-page miniatures by the Master of the Privileges of Ghent and Flanders (Jean Ramont the Younger); illuminated borders attributed by A. Esch to Jacquemart Pilavaine; size of pages: 232 x 155 mm/9.1 x 6.1 in, size of binding: 250 x 165 mm/9.8 x 6.5 in. Estimate: CHF400,000/600,000
Belgium, Tournai and Mons, c. 1455-1460 (certainly before 1460). Book of Hours in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment with 18 large half-page miniatures by the Master of the Privileges of Ghent and Flanders (Jean Ramont the Younger); illuminated borders attributed by A. Esch to Jacquemart Pilavaine; size of pages: 232 x 155 mm/9.1 x 6.1 in, size of binding: 250 x 165 mm/9.8 x 6.5 in. Estimate: CHF400,000/600,000
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